Thanks, Chuckie! Steve Pinkham's K-wing was a treasure!!.. so sad that both he and it are no longer with us.. Glad I was fortunate enough to see it and talk with him at OshKosh, back in the day. The black & yellow K-wing is James Jager, of J-bird Engines.. he successfully implemented many excellent mods too .. Thanks for sharing this little slice of UL heritage!! ;)
The very first Kasperwing ultralight and hang glider were built by Don Matson with the assistance of Witold Kasper. Steve Grossruck with Kasper's assistance then built upon Don's early work with multiple improvements, Steve's company Cascade Ultralights produced 333 of the Kasperwing 180 ultralights mostly the standard 180 model, a limited number of 3-axsis and 3-axis 2 place planes were also produced. The KW 180 does not have a conventional stall break, it can however be stalled if forced (whip stalled), in normal operation when power is reduced, the nose held above the glide angle the plane will slow until zero forward airspeed and then enter a stable "mush". Full control of the aircraft can be maintained in the mush because of the unique wingtips control system, the aircraft has no tendency to drop a wing and will not stall-spin like a conventional airplane. The KW 180 has excellent STOL characteristics and has maintained an excellent safety record, possibly the best of all ultralight aircraft ever produced. Most importantly the KW180 is good wind in the teeth flying, if you want to go faster than the law allows look elsewhere.
Thanks, Chuckie! Steve Pinkham's K-wing was a treasure!!.. so sad that both he and it are no longer with us.. Glad I was fortunate enough to see it and talk with him at OshKosh, back in the day. The black & yellow K-wing is James Jager, of J-bird Engines.. he successfully implemented many excellent mods too .. Thanks for sharing this little slice of UL heritage!! ;)
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Owned one of the early Pterodactyls. Sachs 22hp. Always wanted a Kasperwing. Great design. Thanks!
Had over 500 hrs in mine! I miss it so much!!
The very first Kasperwing ultralight and hang glider were built by Don Matson with the assistance of Witold Kasper. Steve Grossruck with Kasper's assistance then built upon Don's early work with multiple improvements, Steve's company Cascade Ultralights produced 333 of the Kasperwing 180 ultralights mostly the standard 180 model, a limited number of 3-axsis and 3-axis 2 place planes were also produced.
The KW 180 does not have a conventional stall break, it can however be stalled if forced (whip stalled), in normal operation when power is reduced, the nose held above the glide angle the plane will slow until zero forward airspeed and then enter a stable "mush". Full control of the aircraft can be maintained in the mush because of the unique wingtips control system, the aircraft has no tendency to drop a wing and will not stall-spin like a conventional airplane. The KW 180 has excellent STOL characteristics and has maintained an excellent safety record, possibly the best of all ultralight aircraft ever produced.
Most importantly the KW180 is good wind in the teeth flying, if you want to go faster than the law allows look elsewhere.
Gracias por su birlos excelentes videos gracias
Buenos videos gracias
Hahaha... Eskimo Joe's... been there - got the T-shirt! That flying machine looks like something from a cartoon! Crazy!
what happened to the original that was to be a fill sized airplane, not an ultralight?